Installing Image::Exif in lib directory

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

My web host doesn't have the module Image::Exif from http://search.cpan.org/~ccpro/Image-EXIF-1.00.3/EXIF.pm.

I've installed numerous modules in a /lib/ directory before but they didn't have any C files in the directory. This one appears to be C.

Is there a version someone made that can be installed easily on a web host? Is there any way to get this one to work?

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Re: Installing Image::Exif in lib directory by almut (Canon) on Jun 07, 2008 at 12:39 UTC
The version you need depends on the specific architecture your webhost is running... What does `perl -V` (when run on your webserver) say? The idea would be to build the module on a compatible machine (or get it from someone who can do that for you), and then copy the architecture specific parts into an `auto/Image/Exif` subdirectory in your private Perl `lib` directory (of course, that would only work if your host does allow you to execute/load private binaries/shared object files — in some cases this is deliberately disabled...)	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Installing Image::Exif in lib directory by Anonymous Monk on Jun 07, 2008 at 12:47 UTC
Bluehost currently runs Perl 5.8.7. Thanks	[reply]
Re^3: Installing Image::Exif in lib directory by almut (Canon) on Jun 07, 2008 at 12:57 UTC
The Perl version doesn't sufficiently identify what you'd need. The interesting part is the architecture, e.g. `i486-linux`, or `x86_64-linux-thread-multi`, or some such... Best is to just show the output of `perl -V`. If you don't have shell access, you could try to run that command in a CGI script...	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Installing Image::Exif in lib directory by pc88mxer (Vicar) on Jun 07, 2008 at 17:38 UTC
I've installed numerous modules in a /lib/ directory before but they didn't have any C files in the directory. This one appears to be C. Have a look at Image::ExifTool. From what I can tell it's pure perl, so you don't need a C compiler. (It's also been updated more recently.)	[reply]
Re: Installing Image::Exif in lib directory by sgifford (Prior) on Jun 08, 2008 at 03:54 UTC
My post Re^2: Perl module from a while back has a way to install modules without shell access, even if they require a compiler. Good luck! -- sgifford's Web page	[reply]

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